Joe's bar by VV

[Roy]

Some notes I made while working on the mix

The performance is kinda clunky
Mono overheads track
Aiming for natural vibe
Not using the snare sample
Solid kick sound I think already processed
The drummer hits too lightly or the mic placement during recording was wrong (snare top)
Track 18 guitar terrible tone instead of eqing ran it through an amp again

To me the whole song except for the main vocal so the drums, guitars, harmonies have this kind of 70's vibe I'm thinking fleetwood mac Rumors? Just my impression


Feel free to leave any feedback, I'd appreciate that
thanks

The performance is a bit clunky. It's great. The mono overhead doesn't feel like a problem. It works. I get not using the snare sample but it might provide much needed midrange. There might be some phase issues with the snare but I might be thinking of a different song. That said, it's always good to double check. I'm not sure what the issue is with the drummer hitting the snare too lightly. That wasn't something that I found an issue with and the hits felt fine. Also, the whole kit might just be samples. I can't recall. I know the kick tracks are with the underlying cymbal leakage on the close kick and hard click on the out of the 'outside' mic. It's a bad edit.

There's no such thing as a terrible guitar tone. I'm kidding of course. While I wouldn't necessarily go with the guitar sound they did, they did. So we, work with it. Re-amping it is a fine idea. Though that outro solo is really buried in this mix. Which feels like a mix problem. It may or may not be a bad tone but it's a solo so present it proudly. At the moment as a casual listener I can't tell if it's a bad tone but I can tell that it's buried and not connecting with me as a listener so that's a mix flaw.

Overall it feels kinda "hollow" not bad but lacking. Especially in the intro. The weird noise in the overhead at 9 or 10 seconds in stands out particularly in this mix. Dynamically it's a little flat.  Maybe it's the overall 'dryness'. Maybe the bass could come back.

It's a fine mix. It's kinda just there. It feels like a fine start but the mix doesn't move me at all.

Hope that helps